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Southwark

Practical London guides tagged Southwark.

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Tower Bridge lit at dusk, with both stone towers, the high-level walkway and the suspension chains reflected in the Thames

Things to do

Tower Bridge: Tickets, the Glass Floor, Engine Rooms and Bridge Lift Times

Tower Bridge tickets at £18, the glass floor and Victorian engine rooms, opening hours, how to see a bridge lift, guided tours and the £1 local ticket.

  • Tower Bridge
  • Tower Hill
  • Southwark
  • River Thames
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The two tiers of cream wooden galleries on the George Inn, off Borough High Street, over a cobbled yard set with barrel tables, stools and picnic tables under green umbrellas

London areas

A Walk Through Bankside and Borough: Inn Yards, Bishops and Shakespeare in Eleven Stops

A numbered walking route from London Bridge to the Millennium Bridge through Southwark's coaching-inn yards, the George Inn, Cross Bones, Borough Market, the cathedral, the Clink and the sites of the Rose and the first Globe. With the days each stop opens.

  • Bankside
  • Borough
  • Southwark
  • Walks
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The South Bank at night from across the Thames: Sea Containers lit blue with its name on the roof, the red OXO Tower sign beside it, and the curved One Blackfriars tower in low cloud behind, with a river boat moored in front

Stay

Where to Stay on the South Bank — Waterloo, Bankside and London Bridge Compared

South Bank hotels from a £53 capsule to Sea Containers on the river, sorted by Waterloo, Bankside and London Bridge, with the room grades that actually face the Thames.

  • Where to stay
  • Hotels
  • South Bank
  • Waterloo
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